Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

MRS JAMES I. FIELDS has ono ol
the choicest collections of autograph
letters of authors in America.
Miss Rose ELIZABETH CLEVELAND
is to be associated with Mrs. Martha
j. Lamb in conducting the Magazine
Of american History.
The PRINCESS OF WALES is this year
an exhibitor at the Royal Society OF
Painters in Water Colors. She sends
a picture of Windsor.
Mrs. JAMES WILSON, sister of the
late Horace Greeley, is very i'll with
pneumonia, at New Brunswick, N. J.
She is seventy-nine years old.
MRS. WINsLOw's " Yesterdays with
Actors" has been so well received,
that Mcssrs. Cupples & Hurd have in
preparation a second edition.
Mrs. MARY FRANK BROWNE, of Oak
land, edits temperance paper enti-
tied the California Bulletin, which now
contains sixteen pages of racy, original
and tersely-written matter. 1t has be-
come an indispensable educator.
Mrs. GEORGE WARD NICHOLS, foun-
der and proprietor of the famous Rock
wood pottery at Cincinnati. is said to
have an income of 100000. She es-
tablished the factory at the beginning
of the pottery craze" and still works
in it about five hours day.
Mrs. CLARA B. COLBY, as vice-presi-
dent of the N. w. S. Association for
Nebraska. has addressed letter to the
Ninety-ninth General-AssembIy of the
Presbyterian Church, in session at
Omaha, ''to enlighten the clergy in re-
gard to the demand of that association,
and to urge their support of the work. I"
Mrs. c. T. COLE, who has rendered
very acceptable service as State SUPER
intendent of the Social Purity Depart
ment of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, of Iowa. has issued q
circular presenting the necessity of the
utmost caution in the efforts made to
promote the ''deeply needed REFORM"
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN princess Helena
of England) has completed a transla-
ton of the memoirs of the Margra-
vine of Bayrcuth. The translation is
accompanied by an introduction which
throws considerable light on the influ-
ence which the Margarine possessed
on the mind and actions of her illustri.
Gus brother, Frederick the Great.
Mrs. FLORENCE KELLEY WIsCHExE-
wETsKr read paper upon "The Need
of Special Training in Philanthropic
Work. " at a recent meeting of the Col
legiate Alumn@ of New York. Miss
Grace H. Dodge; DR.. Hall. of Vassar;
Miss Woodward, Of Smith College;
Miss Edgerton. of Wellesley; Mrs.
Frances Fisher Wood, and others, par
ticipated in the discussion.
Mrs. LAYAH BARAKAr, q talented
Syrian lady. has been in Chicago late
ly. interesting large audiences. as she
does everywhere. She never fails te
speak for temperance when opportuni-
ty offers. She has been appointed vice
president of the Worlds w. c. T. U.
for Syria, and upon her return to her
native land will carry on temperance
work among the women of her people.
DIR. KATE C. BUSHNELL. of Evans
TOP. ILL.,. representing the Department
of Social Purity of the National Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union. is
visiting New York and vicinity. and
will accept invitations to lecture on the
subject of Social Purity and the White
Cross. She has labored very effectively
in China as medical missionary. and
at the West has presented the subject
of Social Purity and the White Cross
in Mothers Meetings" and to mixed
audiences of men and women, with
great acceptSnce.